Water-gage.



J. GONNOR.

WATER GAGE.

APPLIUATION FILED M121, 190s.

Patented Dec.29, 1908.

Il l o B is the intermediate-'mem Jenn onoNNoR; or CLIFTON, sufran lretard),fla-EW No.pos ,122.

` .Specicain'on of Letters'Patent.

- WATER-GAGE.

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Toixlaxihorrttif-mty' conc-mn A l Be it known that JOHN OCoNNeR, a

A citizen of the -Unted States', residing at Clifton, Staten Island, in the county Vof-` 6 Richmond and State of New `York, have invented new vand useful-jlmprovaementsin Water-Gages, of which the followingis a specification.`

My invention has relation to water gages -10 such as are designed more es ecially for use 1n combination with steam ilers; and it has for-one of its objects to provide a water gage embodying simple and e'iicient means or preventing flying of fragments of glass 1s .and thesliabilay efiniuryto an 'engineereerfart tilereuponnftxeevent ofe'the glass x1v o' t lgage' t pressure in "the 'boiler 'andt by with'the--displaypf'the-gage tribe and its contents to the engineer.

` Another object of' theinvention isthe provision' of a water gage eqnipped with highly eiiicient means for illuminating the-transparent tube ofthe gage-inthe night time. i

vlll/'ith the foregoin' 1n mind, the nature ot the invention A'and t e novelty, -utility and 1 practical vadvantages thereof will be iully,v

understood from Vthe following description v and claims, -when -thelsame -arereadgin con' 8o nectlon wlth the drawings,va ccompanying and formmg part of this specication,

which:

'Figure l 1s an elevation of'thew'ater gage ,constitnting the 'best practical embodiment 85 .of my mventlon known to me with partof the lamp casing'broken away. Fig. 2 is an elevationitaken at a right angle to Fi .i 1 and illustratlng the gage with the lamp racket and thelamp removed. Fig. 3 isa horizon-J 40A tal sectlon taken in the lane indicated by the line 3 3- of Fig. 1, ooldng downward.

Fig. 4 'is n detail vertical section illustrating the manner m which I-'preferto connect the:

end members of the tube-holding frame to e 46 the intermediate'member thereof..

1 i@ Similar letters designate corresponding Yvidant interfering* arts in all of' the views of the drawings, re-

hold' -frame, and C are the end members of sai frame. As' shown in -3 andr, the intermediate member'B of the said 'frame iis provided with a longitudinal bere a of a I. diameter to snugly `receive the tube A, inte- 55 rior shoulders 4at the ends ofthe-saidv bore n;

one of the said shoulders `being shown ingg. l4 and indicated'by b, and'interiorly threel enlar edfeind'- rtions c. The intermediate mem r B is so provided with-npright, diaf- 6o metrically. opposite sight openings d which extendvfrom a point adjacent to its lower enlargement c to a point adjacent to the upper corresponding enlargement e, and are tapered or 'gradizally increased irl-width ont` 6 ^5 AWarc'htliisin order that the height :of themin the-tube n Amay 'seenbygfpersons :standing fat osite ysides ofthe ga and. also-in ordert at the lightenteringt e sgaid openings will illuminate I'both sides of the 70 vtube A so that the height-of the Water maybe readily noted. The` ta r or gradual ine., crease in width outwar of the said sight4 7 .openings d is also advantageous inasmuchas-A ,it increasesthe width let' the range from'which 7 5 `a person may see the height o the waterin .thetube A.

"In addition ito the features mentioned, the intermediate frame member 4B is provided With a shield holder Dwhich extends from itslower enlargement c to its u per enlargement c, is closed at its lower en and open at Vupper end, 'is provided. in its vside Walls 4'with wg'ys for 'grooves e, yand is'proyided on said s1 e Walls .withilanges f. 1 lhe said flanges 85 are disposed as shown, relative te the tu e l and the intermediate member 4,IFS-'of the tribe-fv holdin frame, V'and hence it manifest that @s e said flanges will reduce to amni-fmum the liability of any ira ents of escaping past the holder 'D -w en the tu VA is broken'and theragx'nents are impelled by the pressure'o'fsteam in the boiler out of the frame member B. l

r E is the shield of my improvements which :is o f thick plate glass or'other material snit able tothe ose,land hence'is adapted lto prevent iiiiylngof of lass inthe -eventof 't 'e of *tHejtJlIbe-V tube Amrstmgan hable-to bytheimpact of any of 'said-fragments. it also be noted ai.v this Peint that while 'theshield E will 'serve the purpose stated, it will not interferewith the tube A'a'nd the contents thereof being viewed with facility.

The end members `oftlie Ttube-holding frame are identical in construction, an

' Vline with that of tube A, and is also yprovided with' a' shoulder paarranged to abut a ainst the end of the intermediate member and is further provided with a reduced and exteortion r which' is turned into the-threade' enlargement c ofthe intermediate v member B and against a lower washer F, of rubber or other suitable material, so as to crowd the said washer a ainst' the interior 'shoulder b of member and thereby assure the'washer snuly surroundingthe end portion of the tube with a view of precludingleakage of Water from the meeting portions of the intermediate frame ,member and the end frame members C.

' lI t will be gathered from the foregoing thatv the end frame members C do not interfere with the arrangement. of the transparentshield E in its holder D, and hence when ,for

any reason thesam'ejis necessary or desirable the shield E may be expeditiously and easily y lifted out of the holderand a new shield as readily 'placed in the holder, and this notwithstandi the fact that there is absolutely no lia ility of the shield E being casu A ally displaced incidental to the use of the which is formed a seat or so gags.

the present and preferred embodiment of my invention the lower enlargement c of the frame member B is provided at one side of the frame with a lateral psrojection in c .et hwhic is referably of T-form in cross-section-va e.,

portion, 'and is tapered downwardly as indi-i cated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2.- The said seat or socket h is designed to receive av correspondingl shaped lug i on a lamp bracket G, an consequently it will be mainfest thatwhen desired the lamp bracket G and the parts carried 'thereby maybe readily' disenglged from the gaie of the frame and as rea y rengaged wit the said frame.

'By reference to Figs, 1 and 3 it will be seen that the parts carried by the bracketf are .a

lamp I` designedy to burn hydrocarbons, arl'angedinl the said casing H, anda reector J..

connected withthe casing H, and

cylindrical casin H, of sheet-metal or'other suitable materia, having o enings j 'and -c for`the passage of rair, an Ithe passage 'ofpr'odu'cts of combustion, respectively,a

as its inner portion larger than its buter.

Fig. 3. The cas' Vl may be of any constructionthat 'permit of access being v4ifnFig. 3, the saidcasing lsprovidedwith a plate'of glass K disposed toward that ortion ofthe reiiector J back of the tube A, w ereby it will' be manifest thatat night and when tion with the reector J will'et'ciently illuminate the tube A s6'that said tube and its contents may be readily seen.' In this connection it willfbe noted that the casing-H where the light passing through theplate `of glass K is reflected bythe reflector J, this b'elianc with which the tube A and its contents are uminated.

l In addition to the practical advantages hereinbefore ascribed to my novel gage, it

adapted to withstand the vibrations 'and shocks andjjars to which locomotives are subjected,-as well as other rough usage.

the best tion of w ch I am aware, but itis obvious las fairly fall within the scope 'of myinve'm tion as deiinedin the claims appended.

Havinfdescribed' my invention', 4 what I claim an 1. A water gage compris water tube, a vtube-holding parent shield disposed in front of the Water said framer and separatedV by an intervening posed alongside of andconnectedfwit the tube-holding frame a reflector connected .with thee-using and extending back-ofthe ack of the .water tube, and an illuminating mediumarranged in the casing.

3. A water gage comprising atransparent wili'be noticed that the gage is simple and-v inexpensive in` construction, and is well a transparent' ame, a transspace from the water tube and having rearwardly directed side flanges, a -cas' diswater tube, 'aA transparent plate inthe casinge said tube, a,

bacls of the water tube A, as best shown "l l readily gained to the lamp I, and', as shown the lamp is lighted, the said lamp in combina- -'hoods the lamp except at the oint where the late of glass K 1s arrange and hence. ren ers the device dark except at the pointing advantageous since it adds-.to the bril As beforesstated, the specific'construction herein illustrated anddescribed constitutesplilactical 'embodiment of my inven 95;.- that in the'futurepractice of the invention'. such changes or modiiications may be made ldesire to secure b'y Letters-Patent, `f

tube', a shield holderfixedwith respectto the posed .toward the portion of the reiiector` I* 12:54

water tube, a frame holding the said tube and having a lateral portion in which js a socket, a bracket having arranged in the said socket, a casingcarried by the bracket and arranged alongside the frame, a reflectorponnected with `the cas' and extending back to the Water tube,`a transparent plate in thecasing disposed toward theportion of Jthe reiector back of the a lug removablyV water tube, and illuminating medium ar- 10 ranged in the casing. Y

1n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

f JOHN OOONNOR. Witnesses:

R, Tnnsmn., HARRY LAWRENCE. 

